Rabbi David Hartman, 1931-2013

February 11, 2013

On the news of his death in Jerusalem on February 10, we reprise excerpts from managing editor Kim Lawton’s 1999 interview with this eminent Jewish philosopher, leader of liberal Orthodoxy, and founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute who said, “I believe that the fundamental mission of the Jewish people is to be a vision of pluralism and inclusiveness.”